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1 stuštiti se
• stave along; stave off; stave on -
2 oterati tojagom
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3 предотвращать кризис
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4 предотвращать опасность
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5 forhale
stave off -
6 bir süre için kurtulmak
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7 사전에 막다
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8 a preveni un pericol (o boală etc.)
to stave off.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a preveni un pericol (o boală etc.)
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9 تجنب الخطر
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10 jdn. vertrösten
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11 bottal elkerget
to stave off -
12 tromper
tromper [tʀɔ̃pe]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. ( = duper) to deceive ; [+ époux] to be unfaithful to• elle trompait son mari avec le patron she was having an affair with her boss behind her husband's backb. ( = induire en erreur par accident) to misleadc. ( = déjouer) [+ poursuivants] [personne] to outwit ; [manœuvre] to trick• tromper la vigilance or surveillance de qn (pour entrer ou sortir) to slip past sbd. ( = décevoir) tromper l'attente/l'espoir de qn to fall short of sb's expectations/one's hopes• tromper la faim/la soif to stave off one's hunger/thirst• pour tromper l'ennui or son ennui to keep boredom at bay2. reflexive verb• se tromper de route/chapeau to take the wrong road/hat• se tromper de jour/date to get the day/date wrong* * *tʀɔ̃pe
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1) ( duper) [personne] to deceiveil y a des signes or gestes qui ne trompent pas — there's no mistaking the signs
tromper l'ennemi — to deceive ou trick the enemy
2) ( faire des infidélités à) to be unfaithful to, to deceive [mari, femme]3) ( échapper à)tromper la vigilance or surveillance de quelqu'un — to slip past somebody's guard
tromper la défense/le gardien de but — to trick the defence [BrE]/the goalkeeper
4) ( faire diversion à) to stave off
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se tromper verbe pronominal1) ( mentalement) to be mistakenil ne faut pas s'y tromper, qu'on ne s'y trompe pas — make no mistake about it
2) ( concrètement) to make a mistakese tromper de deux euros — to be two euros out GB ou off US
* * *tʀɔ̃pe vt1) (= abuser) to deceive2) [conjoint] to be unfaithful to, to cheat on *3) [espoir, attente] to disappoint4) [vigilance, poursuivants] to elude* * *tromper verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( duper) [personne] to deceive; [information] to mislead; être trompé par qn to be deceived by sb; tromper l'opinion publique/les électeurs to mislead the public/the voters; nous avons été trompés par les bons résultats/la ressemblance we were misled by the good results/the resemblance; on nous a trompés sur la qualité des produits/l'état de la maison the quality of the goods/the condition of the house was misrepresented; il y a des signes or gestes qui ne trompent pas there's no mistaking the signs; tromper l'ennemi to deceive ou trick the enemy;2 ( faire des infidélités à) to be unfaithful to (avec with), to deceive, to cheat on○ [mari, femme]; il la trompe he's unfaithful to her; un mari trompé a deceived husband;3 ( échapper à) tromper la vigilance or surveillance de qn to slip past sb's guard; tromper la défense/le gardien de but to trick the defenceGB/the goalkeeper;4 ( faire diversion à) to stave off [désir, besoin]; tromper son ennui/sa peur to stave off one's boredom/one's fear; tromper la faim to stave off hunger.B se tromper vpr1 ( mentalement) to be mistaken (dans in); se tromper dans son choix to be mistaken in one's choice, to make the wrong choice; se tromper sur qn to be wrong about sb; je me suis trompé sur leurs intentions I misunderstood their intentions; si je ne me trompe if I'm not mistaken; il ne faut pas s'y tromper, qu'on ne s'y trompe pas make no mistake about it; le public ne s'y est pas trompé the public got it right; se tromper sur toute la ligne○ to be completely wrong;2 ( concrètement) to make a mistake; tu t'es trompé, il n'y a pas de trait d'union you've made a mistake, there's no hyphen; se tromper de dix euros/deux heures to be ten euros/two hours out GB ou off US; se tromper de rue/bus to take the wrong street/bus; se tromper de manteau/clé to take the wrong coat/key; se tromper de date/jour to get the date/day wrong; se tromper de numéro/bâtiment to get the wrong number/building; se tromper de porte lit ( dans la rue) to get the wrong house; ( à l'intérieur) to get the wrong door; fig to come to the wrong place.[trɔ̃pe] verbe transitiftromper son monde: avec ses airs affables, il trompe bien son monde everybody is taken in by his kindly manner4. [échapper à]5. [induire en erreur] to mislead6. (littéraire) [décevoir]7. [apaiser - faim] to appease————————se tromper verbe pronominal intransitif1. [commettre une erreur] to make a mistakese tromper dans une addition/dictée to get a sum/dictation wrong2. [prendre une chose pour une autre]se tromper d'adresse ou de porte (familier & figuré) : si c'est un complice que tu cherches, tu te trompes d'adresse if it's an accomplice you want, you've come to the wrong addresstout le monde peut se tromper anyone can make a mistake, nobody's infalliblec'était en 1989 si je ne me trompe it was in 1989, correct me if I'm wrongau fond, elle était malheureuse et ses amis ne s'y trompaient pas deep down she was unhappy and her friends could tell -
13 evitar
v.1 to avoid, to prevent (impedir) (desastre, accidente).podría haberse evitado esta catástrofe this disaster could have been avoided o preventedevitar que alguien haga algo to stop o prevent somebody from doing somethingRicardo previno el accidente Richard prevented the accident.María se guarda de decir mentiras Mary takes care not to tell lies.2 to avoid (eludir) (cuestión, persona).no puede evitarlo he can't help itJavier siempre evita encontrarse conmigo Javier always avoids meeting me3 to save.esto me evita tener que ir this saves me (from) having to go* * *1 (gen) to avoid2 (impedir) to prevent, avoid3 (ahorrar) to spare, save* * *verb1) to avoid2) prevent* * *1. VT1) (=eludir) to avoid2) (=ahorrar) to saveme evita (el) tener que... — it saves me having to...
2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (eludir, huir de) to avoidb) ( impedir) to avoid, preventpara evitar que sufran — to avoid o prevent them suffering
c) ( ahorrar)2.evitarle algo a alguien — <molestia/preocupación> to save o spare somebody something
* * *= avoid, bypass [by-pass], eschew, guard against, impede, prevent, shy away from, deflect, forestall, avert, preempt [pre-empt], shun, be shy of + Gerundio, sidestep [side-step], steer + clear of, steer away from, get (a)round, shy from, stay away from, stave off, baulk [balk, -USA], hamstring, ward off, head off, skirt, give + Nombre + a wide berth.Ex. This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.Ex. She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.Ex. However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.Ex. The system will ask you to enter the new password a second time to help guard against keying errors.Ex. In early 1984 we were invited to undertake a survey of the fourteen schools of librarianship and information studies in England and Wales, giving particular attention to the constraints impeding or preventing desirable change.Ex. To prevent an entry under the first name(s), these must be entered on a separate line with the subfield code 'j'.Ex. Those who conscientiously attempt to keep abreast of current thought might well shy away from an examination calculated to show how much of the previous month's efforts could be produced on call.Ex. Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.Ex. In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.Ex. He often did this, almost unconsciously, to avert an immediate sign of reaction to an irksome confrontation.Ex. This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.Ex. Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.Ex. Printers or publishers were sometimes shy of giving their real names -- usually because a book was treasonable, or libellous, or a piracy -- and for similar reasons they might give a false place of publication and a false date.Ex. This article discusses how to start projects on the right footing by defining objectives and planning properly to help sidestep pitfalls which can be associated with bespoke software development.Ex. This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.Ex. This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.Ex. The view of most users is that they can get around the restriction in a number of ways.Ex. I have not shied from identifying some of the obstacles to achieving this vision.Ex. This, again, is an area most libraries -- at least the ones I'm familiar with -- have tended to stay away from.Ex. They resorted to exercising to stave off unwanted weight gain believed to be caused by alcohol use.Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.Ex. Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.Ex. The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.Ex. And this stimulus is working in the sense that it has headed off the imminent risk of a deflationary spiral.Ex. Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.Ex. Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.----* acto de evitar = avoidance.* agacharse para evitar = duck out of + harm's way.* el evitar = avoidance.* evitar discutir una cuestión = circumvent + issue.* evitar el desastre = ward off + disaster.* evitar el encuentro con = steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.* evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.* evitar el mal = shun + evil.* evitar la confrontación = avoid + confrontation.* evitar la fama = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.* evitar la publicidad = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.* evitar + Nombre = get (a)round + Nombre.* evitar polémicas = eschew + issues.* evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.* evitar que = keep from.* evitar que + entrar = keep + Nombre + out.* evitar que + escapar = keep + Nombre + in.* evitar que + Nombre + Subjuntivo = save + Nombre + from + Gerundio.* evitar que + salir = keep + Nombre + in.* evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.* evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.* evitar una cuestión = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.* evitar una infección = prevent + infection.* evitar un error = avoid + error.* evitar un problema = avoid + problem.* evitar un riesgo = duck + risk.* evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.* forma de evitar Algo = way round + Algo.* forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.* forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.* intentar evitar = fight + shy of.* lo que hay que hacer y lo que hay que evitar = do's and don'ts, rights and wrongs.* no poder evitar + Infinitivo = cannot help + Gerundio, cannot help but + Verbo.* no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.* no pude evitar notar que = couldn't help but notice (that).* para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.* proteger Algo para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (eludir, huir de) to avoidb) ( impedir) to avoid, preventpara evitar que sufran — to avoid o prevent them suffering
c) ( ahorrar)2.evitarle algo a alguien — <molestia/preocupación> to save o spare somebody something
* * *= avoid, bypass [by-pass], eschew, guard against, impede, prevent, shy away from, deflect, forestall, avert, preempt [pre-empt], shun, be shy of + Gerundio, sidestep [side-step], steer + clear of, steer away from, get (a)round, shy from, stay away from, stave off, baulk [balk, -USA], hamstring, ward off, head off, skirt, give + Nombre + a wide berth.Ex: This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.
Ex: She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.Ex: However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.Ex: The system will ask you to enter the new password a second time to help guard against keying errors.Ex: In early 1984 we were invited to undertake a survey of the fourteen schools of librarianship and information studies in England and Wales, giving particular attention to the constraints impeding or preventing desirable change.Ex: To prevent an entry under the first name(s), these must be entered on a separate line with the subfield code 'j'.Ex: Those who conscientiously attempt to keep abreast of current thought might well shy away from an examination calculated to show how much of the previous month's efforts could be produced on call.Ex: Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.Ex: In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.Ex: He often did this, almost unconsciously, to avert an immediate sign of reaction to an irksome confrontation.Ex: This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.Ex: Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.Ex: Printers or publishers were sometimes shy of giving their real names -- usually because a book was treasonable, or libellous, or a piracy -- and for similar reasons they might give a false place of publication and a false date.Ex: This article discusses how to start projects on the right footing by defining objectives and planning properly to help sidestep pitfalls which can be associated with bespoke software development.Ex: This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.Ex: This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.Ex: The view of most users is that they can get around the restriction in a number of ways.Ex: I have not shied from identifying some of the obstacles to achieving this vision.Ex: This, again, is an area most libraries -- at least the ones I'm familiar with -- have tended to stay away from.Ex: They resorted to exercising to stave off unwanted weight gain believed to be caused by alcohol use.Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.Ex: Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.Ex: The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.Ex: And this stimulus is working in the sense that it has headed off the imminent risk of a deflationary spiral.Ex: Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.Ex: Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.* acto de evitar = avoidance.* agacharse para evitar = duck out of + harm's way.* el evitar = avoidance.* evitar discutir una cuestión = circumvent + issue.* evitar el desastre = ward off + disaster.* evitar el encuentro con = steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.* evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.* evitar el mal = shun + evil.* evitar la confrontación = avoid + confrontation.* evitar la fama = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.* evitar la publicidad = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.* evitar + Nombre = get (a)round + Nombre.* evitar polémicas = eschew + issues.* evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.* evitar que = keep from.* evitar que + entrar = keep + Nombre + out.* evitar que + escapar = keep + Nombre + in.* evitar que + Nombre + Subjuntivo = save + Nombre + from + Gerundio.* evitar que + salir = keep + Nombre + in.* evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.* evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.* evitar una cuestión = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.* evitar una infección = prevent + infection.* evitar un error = avoid + error.* evitar un problema = avoid + problem.* evitar un riesgo = duck + risk.* evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.* forma de evitar Algo = way round + Algo.* forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.* forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.* intentar evitar = fight + shy of.* lo que hay que hacer y lo que hay que evitar = do's and don'ts, rights and wrongs.* no poder evitar + Infinitivo = cannot help + Gerundio, cannot help but + Verbo.* no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.* no pude evitar notar que = couldn't help but notice (that).* para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.* proteger Algo para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.* * *evitar [A1 ]vt1 (eludir, huir de) to avoidevita entrar en discusiones con él avoid getting into arguments with himpara evitar problemas decidí no ir to avoid problems I decided not to go¿por qué me estás evitando? why are you avoiding me?2 (impedir) to avoid, preventse podría haber evitado la tragedia the tragedy could have been avoided o averted o preventedharemos lo posible para evitarlo we'll do everything we can to avoid o prevent itpara evitar que sufran to avoid o prevent them suffering3 (ahorrar) to saveuna simple llamada nos habría evitado muchas molestias a simple phone call would have saved us a lot of troubleasí les evitarás muchos quebraderos de cabeza that way you'll save them a lot of worrypor esta ruta evitas tener que pasar por el centro if you go this way you avoid going through o it saves you going through the center■ evitarse‹problemas› to save oneselfevítese la molestia de ir a la tienda avoid the inconvenience of going to the storesi aceptas, te evitarás muchos problemas if you accept, you'll save yourself a lot of problemsme evitaría tener que pintarlo it would save me having to paint it* * *
Multiple Entries:
evitar
evitar algo
evitar ( conjugate evitar) verbo transitivo
◊ para evitar que sufran to avoid o prevent them sufferingc) ( remediar):◊ me puse a llorar, no lo puede evitar I started to cry, I couldn't help it
evitarse verbo pronominal ‹ problemas› to save oneself;
evitar verbo transitivo
1 to avoid: no pude evitar reírme, I couldn't help laughing
2 (una enfermedad, etc) to prevent
(una desgracia) to avert
3 (a una persona) to avoid ➣ Ver nota en avoid
' evitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahorrar
- alarde
- carcajada
- contemporizar
- hincapié
- mortificar
- mortificarse
- murmuración
- para
- remediar
- aglomeración
- huir
English:
avert
- avoid
- breath
- bypass
- cheat
- clampdown
- clear
- deny
- get round
- harm
- head off
- hedge
- help
- loophole
- miss
- pair off
- prevent
- pussyfoot
- save
- scandal
- should
- stave off
- steer
- step in
- way
- get
- guard
- keep
- rat
- shun
- stave
- unavoidably
* * *♦ vt1. [impedir] [desastre, accidente] to avoid, to prevent;¿podría haberse evitado esta catástrofe ecológica? could this environmental disaster have been avoided o prevented?;evitar que alguien haga algo to stop o prevent sb from doing sth;no pude evitar que se pelearan I couldn't stop o prevent them from having a fight;hemos de evitar que se extienda el incendio we have to stop the fire spreading2. [eludir] [problema, cuestión, persona] to avoid;siempre me está evitando she's always trying to avoid me;Javier siempre evita encontrarse conmigo Javier always avoids meeting me;yo evité hablar del tema I kept o steered clear of the subject;no puede evitarlo he can't help it;no puedo evitar ser como soy I can't help (being) the way I am3. [ahorrar] to save;esta máquina nos evitaría mucho trabajo this machine would save us a lot of work;esto me evita tener que ir this gets me out of going, this saves me (from) having to go* * *v/t1 avoid;no puedo evitarlo I can’t help it2 ( impedir) prevent3 molestias save* * *evitar vt1) : to avoid2) prevenir: to prevent3) eludir: to escape, to elude* * *evitar vb1. (en general) to avoid2. (impedir) to prevent3. (ahorrar) to save -
14 aplazar
v.1 to postpone.Ellos aplazaron la fiesta They postponed the party.2 to fail. ( River Plate)3 to flunk.Los profesores aplazaron a Ricardo The teachers flunked Richard.* * ** * *verb1) to postpone2) defer* * *1.VT (=posponer) [+ reunión, juicio] [antes de iniciarse] to postpone, put back; [ya iniciado] to adjourn; [+ pago] to deferhan aplazado el examen al martes — they have postponed the exam until Tuesday, they have put the exam back until Tuesday
ha aplazado su decisión hasta su regreso — he has postponed o put off the decision until his return
2.VI CAm (=suspender) to fail* * *verbo transitivo1)a) < viaje> to postpone, put offb) <juicio/reunión> ( antes de iniciarse) to postpone; ( una vez iniciado) to adjournc) < pago> to defer2) (RPl, Ven) < estudiante> to fail* * *= put off, stave off.Ex. Thus the day for practical application of bibliographical hypotheses is continually being put off.Ex. They resorted to exercising to stave off unwanted weight gain believed to be caused by alcohol use.----* aplazar indefinidamente = shelve.* * *verbo transitivo1)a) < viaje> to postpone, put offb) <juicio/reunión> ( antes de iniciarse) to postpone; ( una vez iniciado) to adjournc) < pago> to defer2) (RPl, Ven) < estudiante> to fail* * *= put off, stave off.Ex: Thus the day for practical application of bibliographical hypotheses is continually being put off.
Ex: They resorted to exercising to stave off unwanted weight gain believed to be caused by alcohol use.* aplazar indefinidamente = shelve.* * *aplazar [A4 ]vtA1 ‹viaje› to postpone, put off2 ‹juicio/reunión› (antes de iniciarse) to postpone; (una vez iniciado) to adjourn3 ‹pago› to deferB ( RPl) ‹estudiante› to fail* * *
aplazar ( conjugate aplazar) verbo transitivo
1
( una vez iniciado) to adjourn
2 (RPl, Ven) ‹ estudiante› to fail
aplazar verbo transitivo to postpone, adjourn
Fin (pago) to defer
' aplazar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dejar
- postergar
- verse
- posponer
- prorrogar
- suspender
English:
adjourn
- carry over
- defer
- delay
- postpone
- put back
- put off
- stave off
- stay
- withhold
- hold
- put
* * *aplazar vt1. [viaje] to postpone;[reunión, juicio] [antes de empezar] to postpone; [ya empezado] to adjourn2. [pago] to defer3. RP [en examen] to fail* * *v/t2 Argfail* * *aplazar {21} vt: to postpone, to defer* * * -
15 engañar
v.1 to deceive, to trick, to take in, to fool.2 to deceive, to lie.3 to cheat on, to cuckold, to be unfaithful to, to deceive.* * *1 (gen) to deceive, mislead, fool, take in2 (estafar) to cheat, trick3 (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to1 to be deceptive1 (ilusionarse) to deceive oneself2 (equivocarse) to be mistaken, be wrong\engañar el hambre figurado to stave off hungerengañar el tiempo figurado to kill timelas apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive* * *verb1) to cheat2) deceive* * *1. VT1) [+ persona] (=embaucar) to deceive, trick; (=despistar) to mislead; [con promesas, esperanzas] to delude; (=estafar) to cheat, swindleengaña a su mujer — he's unfaithful to his wife, he's cheating on his wife
2)2.3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( hacer errar en el juicio) to deceive, misleadno te dejes engañar — don't be deceived o mislead
lo engañó haciéndole creer que... — she deceived him into thinking that...
engañar a alguien para que + subj — to trick somebody into -ing
engañar el hambre or el estómago — to stave off hunger, to keep the wolf from the door (colloq)
b) (estafar, timar) to cheat, con (colloq)c) ( ser infiel a) to be unfaithful to, cheat on2.engañarse v prona) (refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)b) ( equivocarse) to be mistakenduró, si no me engaño, hasta junio — it lasted until June, if I'm not mistaken
* * *= fool, hoodwink, deceive, cheat (on), delude, trick, dupe, perpetrate + deception, practise + a deception, rip off, take in, swindle, fiddle, bamboozle, shortchange, bluff, cheat + Posesivo + way through, be had, humbug, lead + Nombre + down the garden path, con, hoax, bullshit.Ex. We may be fooling ourserlves and I would caution public libraries, school libraries and libraries in general that indeed one code might not satisfy all our needs.Ex. In turn, a consequential effect is that reference librarians and scholars might end up getting hoodkwinked.Ex. Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.Ex. Students who cheat on literature searching, for instance, will not get the full benefit of the course.Ex. Nonetheless, it is claimed that his 1987 graduate and undergraduate editions continue to delude students seeking information about schools to attend, including schools of library science.Ex. People will try to trick or deceive systems that support intrinsically social activities.Ex. He offers an antidote to modern-day jeremiads that criticize easily duped consumers.Ex. The public should at least be told that they will end up paying dearly for the deception being perpetrated upon them.Ex. Librarians have been practising a deception, and must wake up to three dangers.Ex. Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.Ex. 'Boy, have you been brainwashed! You've been taken in by the tobacco industry', she said = Ella dijo: "¡Chico, te han lavado el cerebro! la industrial del tabaco te ha timado".Ex. It is evident that the candidates for everlasting youth will be eternally swindled.Ex. Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being ' fiddled' in Italy.Ex. Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.Ex. Banning's decision to hold up Madison and Jefferson as models without discussing in some depth the practical ways in which they politicked shortchanges the reader.Ex. One of the major dichotomies between students and teachers is the recognition by students that the technologies can give them an edge, that is they can cheat their way through school.Ex. By the time Americans learned they'd been had, the die was cast -- we were committed to 58,000 dead!.Ex. More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.Ex. Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.Ex. A number of victims have contacted police after seeing Masterson's mug shot and recognizing him as the man who conned them.Ex. He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.Ex. Being able to bullshit effectively requires at least a modicum of knowledge about the subject at hand.----* dejarse engañar = fall for, get + sucked in.* engañar al sistema = beat + the system, game + the system.* engañar el hambre = keep + the wolves from the door.* las apariencias engañan = don't judge a book by its cover, there's more to it than meets the eye.* si mi olfato no me engaña = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( hacer errar en el juicio) to deceive, misleadno te dejes engañar — don't be deceived o mislead
lo engañó haciéndole creer que... — she deceived him into thinking that...
engañar a alguien para que + subj — to trick somebody into -ing
engañar el hambre or el estómago — to stave off hunger, to keep the wolf from the door (colloq)
b) (estafar, timar) to cheat, con (colloq)c) ( ser infiel a) to be unfaithful to, cheat on2.engañarse v prona) (refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)b) ( equivocarse) to be mistakenduró, si no me engaño, hasta junio — it lasted until June, if I'm not mistaken
* * *= fool, hoodwink, deceive, cheat (on), delude, trick, dupe, perpetrate + deception, practise + a deception, rip off, take in, swindle, fiddle, bamboozle, shortchange, bluff, cheat + Posesivo + way through, be had, humbug, lead + Nombre + down the garden path, con, hoax, bullshit.Ex: We may be fooling ourserlves and I would caution public libraries, school libraries and libraries in general that indeed one code might not satisfy all our needs.
Ex: In turn, a consequential effect is that reference librarians and scholars might end up getting hoodkwinked.Ex: Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.Ex: Students who cheat on literature searching, for instance, will not get the full benefit of the course.Ex: Nonetheless, it is claimed that his 1987 graduate and undergraduate editions continue to delude students seeking information about schools to attend, including schools of library science.Ex: People will try to trick or deceive systems that support intrinsically social activities.Ex: He offers an antidote to modern-day jeremiads that criticize easily duped consumers.Ex: The public should at least be told that they will end up paying dearly for the deception being perpetrated upon them.Ex: Librarians have been practising a deception, and must wake up to three dangers.Ex: Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.Ex: 'Boy, have you been brainwashed! You've been taken in by the tobacco industry', she said = Ella dijo: "¡Chico, te han lavado el cerebro! la industrial del tabaco te ha timado".Ex: It is evident that the candidates for everlasting youth will be eternally swindled.Ex: Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being ' fiddled' in Italy.Ex: Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.Ex: Banning's decision to hold up Madison and Jefferson as models without discussing in some depth the practical ways in which they politicked shortchanges the reader.Ex: One of the major dichotomies between students and teachers is the recognition by students that the technologies can give them an edge, that is they can cheat their way through school.Ex: By the time Americans learned they'd been had, the die was cast -- we were committed to 58,000 dead!.Ex: More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.Ex: Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.Ex: A number of victims have contacted police after seeing Masterson's mug shot and recognizing him as the man who conned them.Ex: He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.Ex: Being able to bullshit effectively requires at least a modicum of knowledge about the subject at hand.* dejarse engañar = fall for, get + sucked in.* engañar al sistema = beat + the system, game + the system.* engañar el hambre = keep + the wolves from the door.* las apariencias engañan = don't judge a book by its cover, there's more to it than meets the eye.* si mi olfato no me engaña = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.* * *engañar [A1 ]vt1(embaucar): no te dejes engañar don't be misled o fooled o deceived o taken insé que no estuviste allí, tú a mí no me engañas I know you weren't there, you can't fool mea él no se lo engaña tan fácilmente he's not so easily fooled o duped o deceived, he's not taken in that easilyte han engañado, no está hecho a mano you've been cheated o conned o had o done, it's not handmade ( colloq)me engañó la vista my eyes deceived o misled mesi la memoria no me engaña if my memory serves me right o correctlylas apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptiveengañar el hambre or el estómago to keep the wolf from the door ( colloq)comimos un poco de queso para engañar el hambre we had some cheese to keep the wolf from the door o to take the edge off our appetites o to keep us goingsu marido la engaña con la secretaria her husband's being unfaithful to her o cheating on her, he's having an affair with his secretaryno te engañes, no se va a casar contigo don't deceive o delude o kid yourself, she's not going to marry you2 (equivocarse) to be mistakenduró, si no me engaño, hasta noviembre it lasted until November, if I'm not mistaken* * *
engañar ( conjugate engañar) verbo transitivo
tú a mí no me engañas you can't fool me;
lo engañó haciéndole creer que … she deceived him into thinking that …;
engañar a algn para que haga algo to trick sb into doing sth
engañarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)
engañar
I verbo transitivo
1 to deceive, mislead
2 (mentir) to lie: no me engañes, ese no es tu coche, you can't fool me, this isn't your car
3 (la sed, el hambre, el sueño) comeremos un poco para engañar el hambre, we'll eat a bit to keep the wolf from the door
4 (timar) to cheat, trick
5 (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to
II verbo intransitivo to be deceptive: parece pequeña, pero engaña, it looks small, but it's deceptive
' engañar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
burlar
- confiada
- confiado
- torear
- tramoya
- clavar
- disfraz
- disfrazar
- joder
English:
betray
- cheat
- deceive
- delude
- double-cross
- dupe
- fool
- fox
- have
- hoax
- hoodwink
- lead on
- mess about
- mess around
- mislead
- put over
- ride
- stitch up
- take in
- trick
- try on
- two-time
- unfaithful
- wool
- hood
- kid
- lead
- square
- take
- two
* * *♦ vt1. [mentir] to deceive;engañó a su padre haciéndole ver que había aprobado she deceived her father into believing that she had passed;es difícil engañarla she is not easily deceived, she's hard to fool;logró engañar al portero he managed to outsmart the goalkeeper;me engañó lo bien que vestía y que hablaba she was so well dressed and so well spoken that I was taken in;¿a quién te crees que vas a engañar? who are you trying to fool o kid?;a mí no me engañas, sé que tienes cincuenta años you can't fool me, I know you're fifty2. [ser infiel a] to deceive, to cheat on;engaña a su marido she cheats on her husband;me engañó con mi mejor amiga he cheated on me with my best friend3. [estafar] to cheat, to swindle;te engañaron vendiéndote esto tan caro they cheated you if they sold that to you for such a high price;4. [hacer más llevadero] to appease;engañar el hambre to take the edge off one's hunger♦ vito be deceptive o misleading;engaña mucho, no es tan tonto como parece you can easily get the wrong impression, he's not as stupid as he seems;las apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive* * *v/t1 deceive, cheat;engañar el hambre take the edge off one’s appetite;te han engañado you’ve been had fam* * *engañar vt1) embaucar: to trick, to deceive, to mislead2) : to cheat on, to be unfaithful to* * *engañar vb1. (mentir) to lie2. (ser infiel) to cheat on3. (timar) to trick4. (dar impresión falsa) to be deceptiveesta foto engaña: parezco más alta de lo que soy this photo is deceptive: I look taller than I am -
16 предотвращать
vt; св - предотврати́тьto avert, to forestall; to prevent; to head off; что-л плохое to stave/to ward offпредотвраща́ть эпиде́мию — to prevent/to stave off/to ward off an epidemic
предотвраща́ть кри́зис — to avert/to fore-stall/to head off a crisis
предотвраща́ть ссо́ру — to stave off/to prevent/to head off a quarrel
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17 abbiegen
(unreg., trennb., -ge-)I v/i (ist)1. Auto, Straße etc.: turn (off); (abzweigen) branch off; nach rechts ( links) abbiegen turn right (left); in die / von der Hauptstraße abbiegen turn onto / off the main road2. GEOL. warp down(ward)II v/t (hat)1. bend2. umg., fig. (Sache, Gefahr, Gespräch) head off, stave off* * *to turn; to head off; to turn off; to bend off* * *ạb|bie|gen sep1. vt2) (inf = verhindern) Thema, Verfahren to head off, to avoid; Frage to deflect•diesen Vorschlag hat die Gewerkschaft abgebogen — the union put a stop to this proposal
2. vi aux seinto turn off ( in +acc into); (bei Gabelungen auch) to fork off; (Straße) to bend, to veernach rechts abbiegen — to turn (off to the) right; to fork right; to veer (to the) right
* * *1) (to go in some direction: He headed off towards the river.) head off2) ((of a person or vehicle) to follow one of the branches or divisions into which a road has divided: The car forked left.) fork* * *ab|bie·genI. vt Hilfsverb: habenich sollte eine Rede halten, aber zum Glück konnte ich das \abbiegen I was supposed to give a speech but luckily I managed to get out of iteinen Plan \abbiegen to forestall a plan2. (knicken)einen Finger \abbiegen to bend a fingerII. vi Hilfsverb: sein1. (nach links/rechts fahren) to turn [off][nach] links/rechts \abbiegen to turn [off to the] left/rightvon einer Straße \abbiegen to turn off [or AM a. off of] a road2. (eine Biegung machen) to benddie Straße biegt [scharf] ab there's a [sharp] bend in the road* * *1.unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein turn off2.links abbiegen — turn [off] left
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb* * *abbiegen (irr, trennb, -ge-)A. v/i (ist)nach rechts (links) abbiegen turn right (left);in die/von der Hauptstraße abbiegen turn onto/off the main roadB. v/t (hat)1. bend* * *1.unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein turn off2.links abbiegen — turn [off] left
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb1) bend <rod, metal sheet, etc.>* * *v.to bend off v.to turn off v. -
18 забавям
delay, retard, hold up, slow up; hamper, impedeдъждът ни забави we were delayed by the rain(плащане) defer(фалит и пр.) stave off(задържам някого) detain; make/keep (s.o,) lateне искам да ви забавя I don't want to make you late(отговор и пр.) delay; be slow (to с inf., in с ger., with s.th.)той забави отговора си he was slow to answer/in answering, he delayed his answer1. (намалявам хода на) slow down, slacken (o.'s pace)физ. moderate; тех. decelerateзабавете хода! мор. ease the engines!(темп) steadyмуз. slow, broadenзабавям ритъма slow/broaden the timeзабавям ce2. be/come late, tarry(за влак, кораб) be overdue/late3. (задържам се) be delayed, be kept* * *заба̀вям,гл.1. delay, retard, hold up, slow up; hamper, impede; дъждът ни забави we were delayed by the rain; ( плащане) defer, lag, разг. fall behind with; ( фалит и пр.) stave off; ( задържам някого) detain; make/keep (s.o.) late; ( отговор, вземане на решение и пр.) delay, hold off; be slow (to с inf., in с ger., with s.th.);2. ( намалявам хода на) slow down, slacken (o.’s pace); физ. moderate; техн. decelerate; забавете хода! мор. ease the engines! ( темп) steady; муз. slow, broaden; разг. soft-pedal;2. ( задържам се) be delayed, be kept, hang fire.* * *dally; defer; delay; detain; retard{ri`ta;d}; slack up (ход): забавям the time - забавете ритъма; stanch; steady (темп)* * *1. (за влак, кораб) be overdue/late 2. (задържам някого) detain;make/keep (s.o,) late 3. (задържам се) be delayed, be kept 4. (намалявам хода на) slow down, slacken (o.'s pace) 5. (отговор и пр.) delay;be slow (to c inf., in c ger., with s.th.) 6. (плащане) defer 7. (темп) steady 8. (фалит и пр.) stave off 9. be/come late, tarry 10. delay, retard, hold up, slow up;hamper, impede 11. ЗАБАВЯМ ce 12. ЗАБАВЯМ ритъма slow/broaden the time 13. дъждът ни забави we were delayed by the rain 14. забавете хода! мор. ease the engines! 15. муз. slow, broaden 16. не искам да ви забавя I don't want to make you late 17. той забави отговора си he was slow to answer/in answering, he delayed his answer 18. физ. moderate;mex. decelerate -
19 abwehren
(trennb., hat -ge-)I v/t2. (zurückweisen) (Einmischung, Hilfe, Vorwurf etc.) reject4. fig. (abwenden) (Gefahr, Unglück) ward off, avertII v/i demur, (stärker) protest, dismiss, refuse; „nein, bloß nicht!“, wehrte sie ab „in God’s name No!“, she said dismissively* * *to fight off; to repulse; to fend; to parry; to stave off; to fend off; to hold off* * *ạb|weh|ren sep1. vt1) Gegner to fend or ward off; Angriff, Feind to repulse, to repel (form); Flugzeug, Rakete to repel; Ball to clear; Schlag to parry, to ward offhervorragend, wie der Torwart den Ball abwehrte — that was a really good save the goalkeeper made (there)
2) (= fernhalten) to keep away; Krankheitserreger to protect against; Gefahr, üble Folgen, Krise to avert; Inflation to fight against3)2. vizur Ecke abwehren — to clear the ball (so that a corner is given away)
2) (= ablehnen) to refusenein, wehrte sie ab — no, she said in refusal
* * *1) (to succeed in overcoming or preventing: The old man beat off the youths who attacked him; He beat the attack off easily.) beat off2) (to drive away by fighting: She managed to fight off her attacker; I'll fight this cold off by going to bed early.) fight off3) (in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal: The goalkeeper saved six goals.) save* * *ab|weh·renI. vt1. MIL▪ jdn/etw \abwehren to repel [or repulse] sb/sth2. SPORT▪ etw \abwehren to fend sth offden Ball \abwehren to clear the ballmit dem Kopf den Ball \abwehren to head the ball cleareinen Schlag \abwehren to fend off [or parry] a blow3. (abwenden, fernhalten)eine Gefahr/Unheil \abwehren to avert [a] danger/[a] disastereinen Verdacht [von sich] \abwehren to avert suspicion [from oneself]einen Vorwurf \abwehren to fend off [or deny] [or form refute] an accusationII. vi1. (ablehnen) to refuse2. SPORT to clear* * *1.transitives Verb1) repulse; fend off, parry < blow>; (Sport) clear <ball, shot>; save < match point>2) (abwenden) avert <danger, consequences>4) (fernhalten) deter2.intransitives Verb1) (Sport) clearzur Ecke abwehren — clear the ball and give away or concede a corner
2) (ablehnend reagieren) demur* * *abwehren (trennb, hat -ge-)A. v/t2. (zurückweisen) (Einmischung, Hilfe, Vorwurf etc) reject* * *1.transitives Verb1) repulse; fend off, parry < blow>; (Sport) clear <ball, shot>; save < match point>2) (abwenden) avert <danger, consequences>4) (fernhalten) deter2.intransitives Verb1) (Sport) clearzur Ecke abwehren — clear the ball and give away or concede a corner
2) (ablehnend reagieren) demur* * *v.to fend off v.to parry v.to stave off v.to ward off v. -
20 hinhalten
v/t (unreg., trennb., hat -ge-)1. hold out (+ Dat to); Kopf2. fig. (jemanden) put off; (warten lassen) keep s.o. hanging; MIL. hold off; hinhaltende Politik delaying tactic* * *to stave off* * *hịn|hal|tenvt sep1) (= entgegenstrecken) to hold out (jdm to sb)* * *hin|hal·ten1. (entgegenhalten)▪ jdm etw \hinhalten to hold sth out to sb2. (aufhalten)▪ jdn \hinhalten to hold sb up, to keep sb waiting▪ sich akk von jdm [mit etw dat] \hinhalten lassen to be [or to let oneself be] fobbed off by sb [with sth]jdn mit faulen Ausreden \hinhalten to fob sb off with [glib] excuses* * *unregelmäßiges transitives Verb1) hold out (Dat. to)2) (warten lassen)jemanden hinhalten — put somebody off; keep somebody waiting
* * *hinhalten v/t (irr, trennb, hat -ge-)hinhaltende Politik delaying tactic* * *unregelmäßiges transitives Verb1) hold out (Dat. to)jemanden hinhalten — put somebody off; keep somebody waiting
* * *(mit) v.to tantalize (with) v. (auf) v.to put off (till, until) v. v.to delay v.
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